Originally Posted by 7TeenWriters
I think it makes sense that Astarion is a hoe.

I see we share the same tastes friend. I also sometimes want to punch Astarion is his stupid gremlin face.

But also i agree with your observation that some of the intimate scenes really seem to come out of nowhere, like I was just being nice to this person because I was hoping to learn more about them and suddenly I'm being propositioned? It makes sense with Astarion, because he's just Like That, and to a certain extent it kind of makes sense with Lae'zel, because Githyanki don't have the same taboos and customs regarding sexual intimacy that many of the other humanoid races have.

I actually think it might be an slight issue with rpgs, but specifically dnd rpgs, because I had the exact same thing happen in other dnd rpgs, most memorably in the neverwinter nights 2 main campaign, when my evil leaning warlock was propositioned by the goodly paladin where he harped on about my goodness and virtue, but also clearly wanted to get into my pants. I had spent the game basically rep farming my whole party with outrageous CHA checks (beguiling influence carried me through a surprising amount of the game), and somehow he both missed all the evil shit I had been doing, and mistook my friendly conversations for flirting. The fact that your character is supposed to canonically be 17-18, and him in his 30's was also a hard no from me.